Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which family of trees have the
characteristic of deep lobes on the margin?
a. | poplars | b. | oaks | c. | pines | d. | spruces |
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Which is not a common term when
referring to coniferous trees?
a. | softwoods | b. | evergreens | c. | hardwoods | d. | pines |
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Deciduous trees are not also
referred to as ______ trees.
a. | broadleaf | b. | softwood | c. | hardwood |
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Which group of conifers has its
needles in a cluster from two to five?
a. | pines | b. | spruces | c. | cedars | d. | firs |
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Which are not coniferous
trees?
a. | pines | b. | cedars | c. | walnuts | d. | spruces |
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Which are not deciduous
trees?
a. | oaks | b. | firs | c. | ashes | d. | willows |
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The type of forests found most
commonly in the great lakes states-Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio,
Missouri are-
a. | mainly
hardwoods | b. | mainly softwoods | c. | mainly boreal | d. | mainly softwoods with some
hardwoods |
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Identification of trees
according to species is called _______.
a. | forestry | b. | silvics | c. | ecology | d. | dendrology |
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In the United States, about
____ percent of the land is forests.
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10.
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Which trees leaves are least
likely to turn red in the fall?
a. | sugar
maple | b. | silver
maple | c. | red
maple | d. | red
oak |
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When referring to trees as
tolerant of intolerant - a tolerant species is one that will withstand _______.
a. | drought | b. | cold | c. | shading | d. | flooding |
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A tree sprout arising from the
root or stump is called a ______.
a. | slash | b. | bole | c. | sucker | d. | sappler |
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New terminal growth on pines is
called _________.
a. | pinettes | b. | needlettes | c. | spikes | d. | candles |
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Another term for the trunk of a
tree is _______.
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An example of a deciduous
conifer is the _______.
a. | Tamarack-Larch | c. | Eastern White Pine | b. | Aspen-Polar | d. | Eastern Red Cedar |
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